mm wrote:
On Sat, 13 Dec 2008 14:51:49 -0800, James Sweet
wrote:

The other set, in the fridge since last January, were still 1.24 or
1.26 volts when I took them out last week.

NiCads loose about 20%? charge per month - they are USELESS for
standby power apps where they sit unused for months, and are then
expected to work.

They do, and so do conventional NiMH batteries, but there is a new breed
that does not suffer from this problem. Look up Sanyo Eneloop, there are

I don't think that describes mine, even though mine kept their charge
for 9 or 10 months in the fridge. I bought them a year ago. I don't
know if that is older than the new breed. This is all it says on the
label:



If they don't specifically say low self discharge, precharged, or
hybrid, then they are conventional NiMH batteries. Storing them in the
fridge will indeed reduce self discharge of either type.